MY FATHER

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I try to limit the amount of personal items posted in Bytes lest it become the equivalent of a Facebook page but there is one item I would like to share.

I was perusing some photos of the past in Bored Panda when I came across an image that made me think it was of my late father when he was young. This is the image:

The caption with the photograph is:

In Amsterdam, Holland, In 1953, A Milkman Was Seen Peddling His Dairy Products, Providing Fresh Milk And Other Essentials To The Community

My reason in thinking it was my father is a similar photograph when he was young, also in Holland. Here are some photos of my father, also named Otto, with my comments . . .

A photo montage of my father (1923 – 1999) prepared by me years ago. When he was young, he worked as a delivery man using the same three wheeled cycle, known as a bakfiets in Dutch, see bottom left corner.

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Apparently these cycles are known as cargo bikes and are still in use today.

A bakfiets is a type of cargo bike that is popular in the Netherlands. The bakfiets means "box bike" and these bikes are ingrained in Dutch culture.

Some pics of various cargo bikes and other transporter cycles of the past . . .

'Brood' means 'bread'

The person above also resembles my father when he was young.